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Have the hankering to make your own fireplace poker? Curtain rods? Interesting ornaments or scrollwork? Build a coal burning shop forge!
Most of our projects take something scrapped and turn it into something useful. The blacksmith's coal forge is no exception — an old cast-iron sink is transformed into a forge with a novel design — an integrated quench tank.
With this great little shop forge you'll spend more time forging, and less time playing with the fire due to the electric blower made from any old hair dryer or vacuum.
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